Change is inevitable and the rate of change is accelerating.. You will learn why most people are unprepared for change. You will learn tools to get past those obstacles, build momentum & muscle through when it's tough. Engaging & entertaining, this distinctive session starts with my own story of doing 2 dangerous things a year, including becoming a standup comedian. It flows interactively into a series of practical takeaway tools for anyone to better handle change at work & in life. I have since 2001 done 2 dangerous things a year. Dangerous by my own definition - things that scared, stretched and challenged me and yes even a few things that were literally dangerous by anyone’s definition. I focus on my dangerous journey into becoming a stand-up comedian. I’m not talking about the glib cliché of ‘do something every day that scares you’. I’m talking about 2 things a year that have big pay-offs but could also go wrong.

I’ve experienced the benefits. I’ve done the study. I share these with my audience. More specifically, I encourage you, provoke you, and tool you up to do your own ‘dangerous’ things - to test yourself now so you’re ready when life tests you later. It's funny, relevant and with well-researched practical takeaways.

Here I'm presenting '2 Dangerous Things A Year' to academics at a 'Food For Thought' lunch at a central Auckland University. What risks are there in living a routine life of sameness? What threats and opportunities do we fail to notice? How can we heighten our senses?

One of the benefits I identify in favour of doing 2 dangerous things a year is that we can avoid becoming 'blind' to seeing opportunities that are right in front of us but that we cannot see due to living a life of sameness.

Filmed in Palmerston North, New Zealand, this 1-minute sample of Terry Williams' presentation '2 Dangerous Things A Year' humourously demonstrates how we can fail due to our focus but leads into how we can flip that around.